Students learn about maize breeding during CIMMYT open house
Students learn about CIMMYT's maize breeding work with a talk from José Luis Torres, senior researcher with the Global Maize Program, during a visit to the center's maize demonstration plot as part of a university open house for Mexican students. On 27 September 2007, 200 students from eight universities visited CIMMYT's headquarters at El Batán, Mexico, where they toured the biotechnology laboratories, germplasm bank, and maize and wheat fields, while learning about the center’s mission and work. The aim of the event was to raise student interest in agricultural research, and perhaps encourage future collaboration with CIMMYT. This was the first time such an open house was held, and it has now become an annual event, known as "CIMMYT a Puerta Abierta".
For more information, see CIMMYT's blog story at: blog.cimmyt.org/?p=4271.
Photo credit: CIMMYT.
Students learn about maize breeding during CIMMYT open house
Students learn about CIMMYT's maize breeding work with a talk from José Luis Torres, senior researcher with the Global Maize Program, during a visit to the center's maize demonstration plot as part of a university open house for Mexican students. On 27 September 2007, 200 students from eight universities visited CIMMYT's headquarters at El Batán, Mexico, where they toured the biotechnology laboratories, germplasm bank, and maize and wheat fields, while learning about the center’s mission and work. The aim of the event was to raise student interest in agricultural research, and perhaps encourage future collaboration with CIMMYT. This was the first time such an open house was held, and it has now become an annual event, known as "CIMMYT a Puerta Abierta".
For more information, see CIMMYT's blog story at: blog.cimmyt.org/?p=4271.
Photo credit: CIMMYT.